JP2004203619A - Escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an escalator capable of completely removing escalator passenger's uneasiness and being favorable from the viewpoints of safety and design. <P>SOLUTION: This escalator has a handrail deck 12 installed along an escalator passage to support a rotating handrail, a railing panel 11 supporting the handrail deck 12, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp 19 arranged along the handrail deck, and power supply devices 22a, 22b, 22c for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 19. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an escalator having a lighting device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Although the escalator is rarely moved when riding on the escalator, the escalator is originally a moving staircase, and even if the escalator is slightly moved, the escalator may feel uneasy when it is dark. In such a conventional escalator lighting device, for example, a plurality of 30 W straight tube-shaped fluorescent lamps are arranged on a skirt guard, a boarding board, etc. from the viewpoint of safety and design. However, such fluorescent lamps are not easily detachable from the viewpoint of safety, and the escalator holder contacts the maintenance and inspection company, and the worker of the maintenance and inspection company who has been notified exchanges it. There is a need. Further, the life of the fluorescent lamp is about 6000 hours, but the illuminance is reduced according to the number of times the power is turned on and off and the illumination time. Therefore, the time during which the predetermined illuminance can be secured is as short as several months. Therefore, the replacement work of the fluorescent lamp needs to be performed relatively frequently, and the operation is performed with the fluorescent lamp cut off until the worker performs the replacement work, which is a problem in terms of safety and design. was there.
[0003]
In addition, when a fluorescent lamp is used, there is a problem that it is relatively large and not so bright. An escalator using a cold-cathode tube as a light source of the lighting device is also known (see Patent Document 1). However, in this case, local illumination is provided, and anxiety of passengers of the escalator cannot be completely removed.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
-JP-A-11-193193 (paragraph [0008], FIG. 3)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the conventional escalator lighting device, and completely eliminates anxiety of passengers of the escalator, and provides a preferable escalator in terms of safety and design. With the goal.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, according to claim 1 of the present invention, a handrail deck installed along a path of an escalator and supporting a rotating handrail, a balustrade panel supporting the handrail deck, and An escalator comprising: a cold cathode fluorescent lamp disposed in the above manner; and a power supply device for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp.
[0007]
According to claim 2 of the present invention, a handrail deck installed along the passage of the escalator and supporting a rotating handrail, a balustrade panel supporting the handrail deck, and an inner ledge provided inside the base of the balustrade panel are provided. An escalator comprising: a cold cathode fluorescent lamp provided in a recess provided in the inner ledge; and a power supply device for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp.
[0008]
According to claim 4 of the present invention, a handrail deck installed along the path of the escalator and supporting a rotating handrail, a balustrade panel supporting the handrail deck and having translucency, and a basal panel outside the balustrade panel are provided. An outer deck provided, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp arranged in a recess provided upward to the outer deck, and irradiating emitted light to the balustrade panel; and a power supply device for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp And an escalator comprising:
[0009]
According to claim 5 of the present invention, a handrail deck installed along the path of the escalator and supporting a rotating handrail, a balustrade panel supporting the handrail deck, and an inner ledge provided inside the base of the balustrade panel are provided. A skirt guard panel provided below the inner ledge, a step moving in synchronization with the rotating handrail, and a cold cathode fluorescent lamp provided between the inner ledge and the skirt guard panel to illuminate the step. And an electric power unit for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cross section of an escalator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an entire configuration of the escalator. A railing deck 12 is provided on the upper part of a balustrade panel 11 provided on both sides of the passage of the escalator 10, and an inner ledge 13 is provided inside the base of the balustrade panel 11 and an outer deck 14 is provided outside the base. Further, a skirt guard panel 15 is provided below the inner ledge 13, and a step 16 on which a passenger rides is provided on the passage side of the skirt guard panel 15.
[0011]
On the other hand, on the handrail deck 12, a rotating rubber handrail 17 is provided. Although not shown, a ball bearing is provided between the handrail deck 12 and the handrail 17, and the handrail 17 and the steps 16 are synchronized to move from the upper floor UF to the lower floor DF or from the lower floor DF to the upper floor UF. Move towards.
[0012]
2, three cold cathode fluorescent lamps 19 (19a, 19b, 19c) serving as a light source of the lighting device are provided along the handrail 12 inside the handrail deck 12 (passage side), for example, as shown in FIG. is set up. Needless to say, the number of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 19 may be larger, but here, three are set to simplify the explanation. The handrail deck 12 has a concave portion 23 at the upper center as shown in FIG.
[0013]
The three cold cathode fluorescent lamps 19a, 19b, and 19c are connected to the illumination power supply devices 22a, 22b, and 22c by individual conductors 21a, 21b, and 21c provided in the recess 23. The illumination power supply devices 22a, 22b and 22c control on / off and emission color of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp as described later.
[0014]
When the three cold cathode fluorescent lamps 19a, 19b, and 19c are described in common, they may be displayed as the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 19, and may be similarly displayed on the conductors 21a, 21b, and 21c.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 3, the balustrade panel 11 is composed of a panel inner plate 25 located on the passage side and having light transmission characteristics, and a panel outer plate 26 located on the outer side. A light-transmitting plate 24 having particularly good light transmission characteristics is provided in a portion approaching the balustrade panel 11. It is more preferable that the panel outer plate 26 has a characteristic of scattering and reflecting light.
[0016]
As the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 19, for example, a lamp having a structure as shown in FIG. A pair of electrodes 42a and 42b are provided at both ends of the inner glass tube 41b in the outer glass tube 41a, and for example, a mercury gas 43 is sealed therein. A phosphor 44 is applied to the inner surface of the inner glass tube 41b, and light is emitted by applying a voltage to the cold electrode tubes 42a and 42b.
[0017]
As the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 19, an external electrode type fluorescent lamp as shown in FIG. 4B can be used. That is, for example, xenon gas 46 is sealed in the glass inner tube 45b inside the glass outer tube 45a, and a voltage is applied between the pair of electrodes 47a and 47b provided outside the glass outer tube 45a to emit light.
[0018]
The light emitted from such a cold cathode fluorescent lamp 19 enters the balustrade panel 11 through the translucent plate 24 as shown in FIG. 3, and is irregularly reflected by the panel outer plate 26, as shown in FIG. It hits the inside of the plate 25 and illuminates the passage of the escalator 10.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 2, the illumination power supply devices are provided corresponding to the respective fluorescent lamps. Therefore, these illumination power supply devices are sequentially switched or a plurality of lamps are turned on, and the escalator is moved by moving them. It can be determined from a distance whether the is moving from the upper floor to the lower floor or from the lower floor to the upper floor. Also, in an escalator where the moving speed changes, if the speed of switching the lamp or moving the brightness is proportional to the moving speed of the steps of the escalator, the escalator is currently moving at a high speed or moving at a low speed You can know from a remote location.
[0020]
Further, it is also possible to control the voltage applied to the cold cathode fluorescent lamp by the illumination power supply device to control the brightness, brightness and color.
[0021]
In the description of the above embodiment, an example in which the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is incorporated in the handrail deck has been described. However, the cold cathode fluorescent lamp may be provided separately from the handrail deck. Further, the cold cathode fluorescent lamp may be provided at the upper end of the balustrade panel so that light enters the balustrade panel from the end.
[0022]
In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the cold cathode fluorescent lamps are arranged in a row in the handrail deck. However, by arranging a little larger space for the fluorescent lamps, a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps are arranged in parallel. It can also be done.
[0023]
When a plurality of cold-cathode fluorescent lamps are provided in this manner, each fluorescent lamp emits an individual color, and by switching between them, the color of illumination can be changed. For example, a different emission color may be used depending on the time zone, or a warning may be issued as a red-based emission color when crowded.
[0024]
According to this embodiment of the present invention, the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is provided on the balustrade panel and illuminates the steps of the escalator passage from above, so that the passenger can ride on the escalator with ease.
[0025]
In the above embodiment of the present invention, light is incident on the balustrade panel from the upper part of the balustrade panel, but it may be incident from below.
[0026]
Such an embodiment of the invention will now be described. 5, the same numbers as those in FIG. 1 indicate members having the same functions. This embodiment differs from the above embodiment in that a cold cathode fluorescent lamp is provided in the inner ledge. That is, the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 51 is provided in a concave portion 53 provided in the inner ledge 52, and a resin or glass 54 having a light transmitting property is provided on the front surface thereof. The balustrade panel 55 has a panel inner plate 55a and a panel outer plate 55b having a light scattering / reflecting characteristic, and a lower end surface thereof has a light transmitting plate 55c. A light transmitting plate 55d is also provided in the direction of the light transmitting plate 55c of the inner ledge 52.
[0027]
The light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 51 illuminates the passage of the escalator 10 and the steps 16 through the glass 54 provided on the inner ledge 52, and the light having passed through the light transmitting plate 55 d is the lower end of the balustrade panel 55. The light passes through the light-transmitting plate 55c provided on the panel and hits the panel outer plate 55b, and is diffusely reflected to illuminate the passage of the escalator from the panel inner plate 55a. As the lamp used in this embodiment, a normal cold cathode fluorescent lamp shown in FIG. 4A or an external electrode type fluorescent lamp shown in FIG. 4B can be used.
[0028]
According to this embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage that one fluorescent lamp provided in the inner ledge can illuminate the entire passage of the escalator through the balustrade panel and simultaneously illuminate the feet and steps.
[0029]
In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, a light source for illuminating the escalator can be provided on the outer deck. That is, the outer deck 61 has a concave portion 62, in which a cold cathode fluorescent lamp 63 is provided, and on the front surface thereof, a resin or glass 64 having a light transmitting property is provided. The same numbers as those in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 indicate members having the same functions. In the balustrade panel 65 in this embodiment, both the panel inner plate 65a and the panel outer plate 65b have light transmittance. The light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 63 passes through the front glass 64 and strikes the panel outer plate 65b, and further passes through the panel inner plate 65a to illuminate the passage in the escalator.
[0030]
According to this embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage that not only the passage in the escalator but also the entire escalator can be brightened. As described in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of lamps of the light source are juxtaposed to emit light. By changing, the escalator can be colorfully illuminated.
[0031]
Further, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, in the case where the light source is provided on the inner ledge, the light source for illuminating the step of the escalator can be further provided between the inner ledge of the escalator and the skirt guard panel. FIG. 7 shows a configuration of such an embodiment of the present invention. 5, the same reference numerals as those in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 denote members having the same functions. In this embodiment, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp 61 is provided between the inner ledge 52 and the skirt guard panel 15, and light is applied to the steps 16 via glass 62 provided on the front surface.
[0032]
In this embodiment, the light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 51 directly illuminates the feet and illuminates the passage of the escalator via the balustrade panel. Further, the light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 61 can illuminate the steps 16. That is, according to this embodiment, there is an advantage that the passengers of the escalator can illuminate the surroundings, and the safety can be further increased.
[0033]
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, in addition to the light source (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) provided between the inner ledge of the escalator and the skirt guard panel, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp is also provided on the inner ledge. However, in the present invention, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp may be provided only between the inner ledge of the escalator and the skirt guard panel to illuminate the steps or feet of the escalator. In this case, it is also possible to provide a cold cathode fluorescent lamp on the handrail deck to illuminate the escalator passage through the balustrade panel having the structure shown in FIG.
[0034]
Further, in the description of the above embodiment, the structure has been described in which light is reflected by the panel outer plate. However, for example, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to provide light-transmitting glass or resin directly, or to insert another component to illuminate the inside or outside of the balustrade panel. Alternatively, even when a cold cathode fluorescent lamp is provided in the inner ledge, a light-transmitting glass or resin may be provided on the front surface to directly illuminate the inside of the balustrade panel. This is applicable to both deck type and deckless type. In this case, since the light is directly illuminated, there is an advantage that the efficiency of the light is high and the light can be illuminated brightly.
[0035]
In addition, in the present invention, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp can be used in an appropriate combination such as a handrail deck, an inner ledge, an outer deck, or provided between an inner ledge and a skirt guard panel. Also in the embodiments of FIGS. 5 to 7, as described with reference to FIG. 2, by controlling the illumination power supply corresponding to each fluorescent lamp, various states such as the direction and speed of the movement of the escalator are far from the escalator. Can be shown to customers in
[0036]
Although a cold cathode fluorescent lamp is used as a light source, an LED (semiconductor light emitting element) or an organic EL (electroluminescence) may be used. Other colors may be used according to the season or the like. In addition, as long as the object of the present invention is achieved, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, an LED, an organic EL or the like as a light source may be appropriately mixed and arranged.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, since the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, the LED, the organic EL, and the like are installed at the predetermined positions, the escalator passenger's anxiety is completely removed, and it is preferable from the viewpoint of safety and design. An escalator can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a structure of an escalator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an escalator according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining how light emitted from a cold cathode fluorescent lamp hits a balustrade panel in one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of a light source used in one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a structure of an escalator according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a structure of an escalator according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a structure of an escalator according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 ... escalator,
11, 55, 65 ... balustrade panel,
12 ... railing deck,
13, 52 ... inner ledge,
14, 61 ... outer deck,
15 ... skirt guard panel,
16 ... steps,
17 ... railing,
19, 19a, 19b, 19c, 51, 61 ... cold cathode fluorescent lamps,
22a, 22b, 22c ... lighting power supply,
24, 55c: translucent plate,
25, 55a ... panel inner plate,
26, 55b ... panel outer plate,
41a, 45a: glass outer tube,
41b, 45b ... glass inner tube,
42a, 42b, 47a, 47b ... electrodes,
43 ・ ・ ・ Mercury gas,
44 ... phosphor,
46 ... Xenon gas,
54, 64 ... glass.

Claims (9)

A handrail deck installed along the path of the escalator to support the rotating handrail,
A balustrade panel that supports this railing deck,
Cold cathode fluorescent lamps arranged along the handrail deck,
An escalator comprising a power supply device for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp. A handrail deck installed along the path of the escalator to support the rotating handrail,
A balustrade panel that supports this railing deck,
An inner ledge provided inside the base of this balustrade panel,
A cold cathode fluorescent lamp provided in a recess provided in the inner ledge,
An escalator comprising a power supply device for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp. The balustrade panel is composed of a panel inner plate provided inside the passage and having a light-transmitting property and a panel outer plate provided outside the passage and having a light scattering and reflecting characteristic,
The escalator according to claim 1, wherein light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is guided between the panel outer plate and the panel inner plate of the balustrade panel. 4. A handrail deck installed along the path of the escalator to support the rotating handrail,
A balustrade panel that supports this handrail deck and has translucency,
An outer deck provided outside the base of this balustrade panel,
A cold cathode fluorescent lamp, which is disposed in a recess provided on the outer deck facing upward and irradiates emitted light to the balustrade panel,
An escalator comprising a power supply device for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp. A handrail deck installed along the path of the escalator to support the rotating handrail,
A balustrade panel that supports this railing deck,
An inner ledge provided inside the base of this balustrade panel,
A skirt guard panel provided below the inner ledge,
A step moving in synchronization with the rotating handrail;
A cold cathode fluorescent lamp disposed between the inner ledge and the skirt guard panel and illuminating the steps,
An escalator comprising a power supply device for controlling the cold cathode fluorescent lamp. 6. The status of the escalator according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps are provided, and a state of the escalator is displayed by turning on / off a power supply device connected to the cold cathode fluorescent lamps. Escalator described. 6. The cold cathode fluorescent lamp according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps are provided, and light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is changed by controlling a power supply device connected to these cold cathode fluorescent lamps. The escalator according to any one of the above. The escalator according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 4, wherein a translucent member is provided on the front surface of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and the escalator passage or the outside of the escalator is directly illuminated through the member. A handrail deck installed along the path of the escalator to support the rotating handrail,
A balustrade panel that supports this railing deck,
A light-emitting body having an LED or an organic EL as a light source disposed along the handrail deck;
An escalator comprising a power supply device for controlling the luminous body.

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